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Whatever happened to the name "Disneyland Monorail System?" Ever since the attraction opened in 1959, it was either known as the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail System in the early years, or the Disneyland Monorail System.
Up until the 90s, there was a sign above the Tomorrowland Station the read "Disneyland Monorail System." When Tomorrowland changed for the worst in 1998, they replaced it with a sign that simply read "Monorail." After that, the only place you could find the attraction's full name was on the sides of the Mark V trains.
The problem now is that WDI did not even bother carrying the name over to the Mark VII trains. Now you can't find any signage with the attraction's full name.
I think it's wrong for Disneyland to identify the attraction as just "Monorail." There are plenty of monorails around the world, but only one Disneyland Monorail System. For a monorail system that has so much history behind it, why would they want to identify it with a generic name?
Recently, I posted a thread on proper attraction names . In that discussion, some of us mentioned it's okay to abbreviate names of attractions. People will never say a full name like "Disneyland Monorail System." However, it's the meaning behind the original name that matters. In this case, there's a lot of meaning and history in the name "Disneyland Monorail System."
What would Walt fans think if Disneyland decided to remove all "Disneyland Railroad" signage in favor of signs that read "Railroad?" No one ever calls it the Disneyland Railroad, but there is meaning in the name even though people will abbreviate it.
I think the reason why the lack of proper monorail signage has gone unnoticed is because it was a gradual process. When the Mark VII monorails debuted, the fascinating design of the new trains overshadowed anything that it lacked (except when the heat/window problem became an overwhelming nightmare).
What are your thoughts?
Up until the 90s, there was a sign above the Tomorrowland Station the read "Disneyland Monorail System." When Tomorrowland changed for the worst in 1998, they replaced it with a sign that simply read "Monorail." After that, the only place you could find the attraction's full name was on the sides of the Mark V trains.
The problem now is that WDI did not even bother carrying the name over to the Mark VII trains. Now you can't find any signage with the attraction's full name.
I think it's wrong for Disneyland to identify the attraction as just "Monorail." There are plenty of monorails around the world, but only one Disneyland Monorail System. For a monorail system that has so much history behind it, why would they want to identify it with a generic name?
Recently, I posted a thread on proper attraction names . In that discussion, some of us mentioned it's okay to abbreviate names of attractions. People will never say a full name like "Disneyland Monorail System." However, it's the meaning behind the original name that matters. In this case, there's a lot of meaning and history in the name "Disneyland Monorail System."
What would Walt fans think if Disneyland decided to remove all "Disneyland Railroad" signage in favor of signs that read "Railroad?" No one ever calls it the Disneyland Railroad, but there is meaning in the name even though people will abbreviate it.
I think the reason why the lack of proper monorail signage has gone unnoticed is because it was a gradual process. When the Mark VII monorails debuted, the fascinating design of the new trains overshadowed anything that it lacked (except when the heat/window problem became an overwhelming nightmare).
What are your thoughts?
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